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     10 Sampson     

Photo byOctober 1972. The Black Sea. Photo from the archives of А. Andreev.
Country: USA.
Class, [Type]: Charles F. Adams, [DDG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works Shipyard, Maine, USA.
Launch date: 9 September 1960.
Commission date: 24 June 1961.
Decommission date: 24 June 1991.

Displacement ( tons ): 3350 standard, 4500 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 133 x 14,5 x 6.
Main machinery: 2 x General Electric steam turbines ( 70000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 33.
Range ( miles ): 4500 at 20 knots.
Complement: 354 ( 24 officers ).

Guns: 2 x 1 127mm Mk42.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x 2 Tartar Mk11 ( 40 Standard missiles ).
A/S weapons: 1 x 8 ASROC Mk16.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32.

Radars: AN/SPS-40, AN/SPS-52; Surface search: AN/SPS-10, AN/SPS-37; Fire control: 2 x AN/SPG-51, AN/SPG-53.
Sonars: AN/SQS-23.

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